Mandy Curtis

Welcome to Ink Spots, a quirky little corner of DC.com devoted entirely to all of our favorite Young Adult comics and fiction. In this new Book Breakdown, Mandy Curtis takes on the Man with a teenage Lois Lane. Lois Lane is ready to have The Best…

Welcome to the Couch Club, our recurring column devoted to all things #DCTV! This week, Mandy Curtis checks in with the first four episodes of Superman & Lois's latest season. In the nearly ten real-world months between the end of season two of…

John Constantine doesn't want much to do with magician society, especially since his father—famed magician Thomas Constantine—walked out on him when he was little. When the opportunity to study under a colleague of his stepfather Roderick—another…

When we last saw our intrepid doesn't-want-to-be-but-can't-help-it hero in the season two finale of Pennyworth, Alfred Pennyworth was wading into the Battle of London at the heels of Captain Gully Troy who'd become something more than human after…

Unlike her parents, Zatanna Starr doesn't enjoy the spotlight—or the art of illusion. But as the daughter of Coney Island's greatest illusionist and his stunning assistant/wife, she's long lived just outside the spotlight. And as hard as he's tried,…

I can't say that I've been a true fan of Alfred Pennyworth for long. Yes, he's always been around my Batman fandom, bringing Bruce Wayne his dinner, his suits, and some much-needed fatherly advice (and occasional sassy retort). All admirable…

Although Naomi: Season One came out back in 2019, it wasn't until recently that I dove into the short six-issue run, written by David F. Walker and Brian Michael Bendis with art by Jamal Campbell. I'll fully admit that my interest was piqued by the…

Naomi is The CW’s newest DCTV series, and it changes up the familiar format quite a bit. Those of us who tune in to the rest of DC’s network TV slate (The Flash, Superman & Lois, Batwoman and the rest) are comfortable with the idea that in certain…

Scott Free doesn't know anything about his path, but he's certain about one part of his future: He needs to get away from Granny Goodness and her Furies, and heading to Earth seems like as good of an escape plan as any. He's not alone in his wish to…

When we last saw our heroes, Zahn-Re and Sera-Ur—two Kryptonians from disparate parts of society—had formed a tentative partnership aimed at discovering the truth about what's happening with their planet. Sera had consented to be a part of Jor-El and…

There are a lot of tropes in pop culture that are familiar to viewers, regardless of the show or the show's overarching themes. Over the years, Supergirl has featured many of these tropes, from enemies-to-lovers (Love you forever, Mon-El) to mistaken…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the third season of Titans. When you're a superhero, death is not something you're unfamiliar with. It might be part of your origin story, you might face it every day while fighting your villains, or…

Life isn't easy for undocumented immigrants in America. Jessica Cruz, who in DC’s new YA graphic novel, Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story, is an immigrant enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, knows that better than…

From 1942 to 1954, a feature ran in the back of DC’s Wonder Woman comics highlighting powerful and innovative women from history. This week, DC's new graphic novel anthology, Wonderful Women of the World, picks up where that feature left off and…

Willow Zimmerman wants to make a difference. She wants to make a difference in her neighborhood—Down River, a rundown region of Gotham City. She wants to make a difference for the stray dogs she works with at the animal shelter. And perhaps most…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the first season of Superman & Lois. Season one of Superman & Lois returns for its final stretch of episodes tonight, and for those of us who've been watching from the start, it's clear that the show is…

Mandy Anders seems like a pretty standard teen with a chip on her shoulder and a heavy helping of "you don't understand me, no one understands me" attitude. But when you factor in that her mother is a famous superhero—the Starfire—her angst makes a…

Pamela Isley's penchant for plants is a well-known aspect of her character, but the reason she loves them—and the reasons why she goes by the name Poison Ivy and isn't exactly a good guy—vary from story to story. The story in Poison Ivy: Thorns,…

One of my favorite things about DC's YA graphic novel line, which we cover here in Ink Spots, is that it's moved toward focusing on characters who aren't as well known as the major members of the Justice League. Through the books, I've gotten to know…

Diana Prince, a.k.a. Diana of Themyscira, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, is the most famous Amazon to grace the world of man with her power and beauty. But she's not the only Amazon to live in our world, and she's not the only daughter of Hippolyta,…